Bai Qiu blushed, and He Changfeng teased: "Let's go now."

Bai Qiu made up his mind to stay away from him, and the two of them went their separate ways, but He Changfeng didn't do it, he went wherever Bai Qiu went, and even took Bai Qiu's arm and said, "I have to protect you so that you don't get caught by Huazi. Walk."

Bai Qiu said: "When you're all over the street, I see that you don't look like a good person."

He Changfeng said: "Nonsense, I am a poor farmer of three generations, with good roots."

The road was dusty, and the people on the street were either wearing gray or blue clothes. A man was riding a bicycle on the road, and the waving bell caught the envious eyes of the two.

On the side of the street, I saw a woman who moved out of her home and sat on a small bench at the entrance of the alley, knitting a sweater.

There were not many people on the road, most of them went to work in the factory, only some people with bad status or those who didn’t have a factory could stay at home. People always looked down upon not being able to contribute to the cause of socialism without a job.

You can't come out to meet people openly.

Although the county is not prosperous, the roads are spacious, much better than the small dirt roads in the village.

From a long distance, I saw the signs of the state-run restaurant. It was the restaurant, and it was almost full.This year, every family will have food and clothing, and it is not ordinary people who can go out to eat out.

In addition, the two of them were also outstanding in appearance, and they were welcomed to a table by the waiter as soon as they entered.

All the menus are written on the wall, just order.

Stir-fry here costs 8 yuan a piece, and stews are more expensive. For example, the Northeast special chicken stewed mushrooms cost 20 yuan a piece, and meat buns cost [-] cents a piece, which is really not cheap.Now the monthly salary of the workers is only more than [-] yuan, if they eat something good.One month's salary is gone, and I really dare not come in without the money.

Bai Qiu said: "Here are five buns."

He Changfeng said that when he was entertaining guests, he seemed to be afraid of eating steamed buns without noodles, so he insisted on ordering another beef soup and a stir-fried vegetable.

These two items alone cost two yuan, but Bai Qiu stopped him, so he only ordered five buns.

He Changfeng said: "We don't come out often, we eat every meal." He still has some private money.

Bai Qiu said: "If you want to eat, I'll make it for you next time." There's no need to waste money here.It is not easy to make money, and it is even more difficult to make money in the countryside, and he does not want to owe He Changfeng favor.

But obviously He Changfeng didn't think so, and kept watching the corners of his mouth slightly curl up.

After a while, the meat buns came up.Each one is as big as a fist. People are real these days, and there are a lot of fillings. They have been hungry for a whole day, and they eat such delicious buns very quickly.

Five buns were not enough for them to eat, so three more were added.Although the young educated youth didn't let him order soup, the two of them added two bowls of millet porridge, and the bill came to [-] yuan. A big meal can be compared to Chinese New Year.The little educated youth wanted to pay the bill, but with He Changfeng, a northerner, there, how could he spend money? Wouldn't that be burying him!

After eating the meat buns, Bai Qiu said: "I'm going to do something, let's make an appointment, and I'll come to you later." The fact that he wants to find a book cannot be known to others.

He Changfeng refused, and said: "Let's go together, you just pretend that I don't exist, and I won't get in the way." He felt that the young educated youth was going to do something secret. What if I get lost.

It's useless for Bai Qiu to say whatever he wants. After a stalemate for a while, He Changfeng said: "Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things." There is also a supply and marketing cooperative at the entrance of the village, but there are few things, and everything you want to buy has to go to the county.

Bai Qiu couldn't survive him, so he had no choice but to go to the supply and marketing cooperative with him.

As soon as I entered, I saw the polished glass counter, on which there were Double Happiness washbasins, enamel jars, and thermos bottles.There are fabrics and clothes at the back, and a most popular Shanghai watch is placed in the middle of the counter.There is also a radio and a cassette player next to it.

The village committee of their village also has a cassette player, but it is an old thing, although it can make a creaking sound, it is only Secretary Li's treasure.

There are still a few women scrambling for candy in front of them. The Chinese New Year will not be long after the autumn harvest. Candy is in short supply. This is a wealthy and wealthy family.

"Comrade, how much is a catty?"

"Fifty cents a catty, but you must have a ticket." The salesperson said.

Bai Qiu stepped on his feet and took a look. They were all ordinary sugar balls, without his favorite orange slices and prawn crisps, but He Changfeng asked for half a catty.The candy is wrapped in kraft paper and can be carried away with a rope.He Changfeng took it and asked Bai Qiu to put it in his bag, and bought several boxes of matches.It's actually matches.Cooking pots and kangs in the village is expensive, so buy more and prepare them.

Bai Qiu's eyes were anxious, and when He Changfeng finished shopping, did he really go shopping with him?

At this time, God seems to have heard his voice.

A person came in from the outside and said pleasantly, "He Changfeng, why are you here? I have to criticize you, why don't you come here to find a brother?" Speaking of homework.

This person is called Zhang Wei, He Changfeng started working in a meat joint factory when he was a child, and the unit directly moved his household registration to the county, which is very rich...

He Changfeng just exchanged pleasantries with Zhang Wei.

Seeing that Bai Qiu found an opportunity, he immediately said: "Little village chief, please talk about something I have to do first, and I will come back to you later." After speaking, the soles of the shoes seemed to be greased and left.

"Bai Qiu...Bai Qiu! A humble voice came from behind.

Bai Qiu ran out and quickly walked into an alley. When there was no one around, he stopped to take a few breaths. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would never have been able to get rid of He Changfeng.

He regained his composure and planned to buy it sooner and come back sooner. He seemed quite angry when he heard He Changfeng's voice calling him just now.Forget it, it's all out, it's useless to think about it, he didn't see any book sellers along the way.

Then there is only one place, the black market.

He immediately walked quickly in one direction. Fortunately, he was in the state of a soul in his previous life and walked around a lot, otherwise he would definitely not be able to find it.

Not to mention that he is a foreigner, even if he is a native of the county, most people don't know the location of the black market.

It's about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and people in the black market place things on the ground with a rag.

I don't know where to buy Yuan Datou, a huge silver ingot, an old mahogany jewelry box, and a green jadeite bracelet.

It was Bai Qiu's first time here, and the hairs all over his body stood on end when he first stepped into the black market.It is estimated that all the street runners in the entire county are here!

Now under strict investigation, those who dare to come out to do this are ruthless people, and each of these people looks fierce.In addition, Northeast people are tall.With a strong sense of oppression.Just the look in the eyes of those street thieves looking at him from top to bottom made him shudder.

Although Bai Qiu has found a place, this is not the whole picture of the black market. There are food and meat sold in the black market. As long as the money is in place, you can even get [-] bicycles.

Before that, Zuo Yingying got on the line of Hei Laoyang, and she made the first wave of money from the stewed chicken feet.

Bai Qiu took a few steps, and wanted to continue walking, but was stopped by a burly man, and said: "This is not a place for you to come. Walk and go!"

Bai Qiu said: "I'm here to buy something."

The burly man opposite said, "What do you want to buy?"

"Shouldn't you buy the old man?" The man next to him with a scar on his face actually whistled at Bai Qiu.

Bai Qiu glared at him fiercely, and was most annoyed by other people's teasing.

Unexpectedly, the other party laughed.

Bai Qiu looked at the person in front of him and said, "I want to buy books."

Buying books sounds unbelievable outside, but it is commonplace in the black market.

The man in front of him said: "There are no books here, just roll, what's going on today, one wants to sell books and the other wants to buy books to make us happy?"

Bai Qiu said: "Where is the book seller?"

"Just being blown away by me is also a little boy."

Bai Qiu simply thanked him and left here quickly.These sloppy people are like rats in the gutter, which is very disgusting.

Walking out of the black market, he was dumbfounded by the many forks in the road. Where could he find the person who sold the books just now?

Staring at several forks in the road in a daze, there is no one around who can ask questions. Is it doomed to return without success today?The first two are main roads and the other is a small road.Bai Qiu thought for a while that a person with a book in his hand should not walk on the main road ostentatiously.Take a gamble and go straight to the path.

This path is not long, and there are only a few sparse houses on both sides. When he arrived in front of a low earthen house, he heard coughs and conversations from inside: "Mom, no, I'm selling scraps. Go!" A man's voice came from inside.

Most people in the county work in the factory, and there are very few people outside at this time, so he knocked on the door quickly.

What came out was a thin man with a decadent look all over his body and wearing thick glasses.

Bai Qiu saw that his eyes lit up, maybe he was the person he was looking for, and said: "Comrade, I just heard that someone sells books on the black market. I want to buy it, do you know who it is?"

When the man heard Bai Qiu say this, he grabbed his hand excitedly and said, "It's me!

Bai Qiu said: "What kind of books do you have here, and how do you sell them?"

The man said "wait a minute" and then entered the room.It came out after a while, and three books were brought out wrapped in paper.One is algebra, one is geometry and one is Chinese.The algebra and geometry books are very old, with an old calendar wrapped in the cover, and there are dense formulas and algorithms next to the book, compared with the Chinese books, which are probably new.

The man said: "Only these three books." There are two other books that he can't get out if he wants to use them himself: "These books are of great significance to me. I won't sell them unless they are special times." They were all well protected: "I won't hide it from you, my mother is sick..." His tears were in the circles of his eyes, and he was right when he said that he was a scholar who was useless.Without money, I can only watch her getting worse day by day.

Bai Qiu said: "I want these books, how much are they?"

"You look at it." The man was more nervous than Bai Qiu, he was a bit sour with the thoughts of old-age scholars, and the stock price of the book tarnished the knowledge in it.

Bai Qiu said: "I'll give you only five yuan in total, the aunt is sick, please treat her well."

The man's eyes flashed with excitement: "This... this..." He couldn't say a word for a long time, and bowed deeply to Bai Qiu: "Thank you." He was laughed at by people in the black market just now. Mom's condition became serious again, and she even thought about selling the book to a waste collection station, but she definitely won't get much money back.Now the person opposite gave him five yuan.

Giving him a helping hand at this time is like sending charcoal in a timely manner, and even a word of thanks is light.

Bai Qiu was startled by his sudden bow, and said hastily: "There's no need to do this, then I'll be leaving first."

"Ah."

Both of them are not good at words, so they don't know what to say at this time.

Bai Qiu opened the book cover, and was shocked when he saw the words Rong Zixiang written on the cover. This Rong Zixiang is the most famous expert and scholar in the later generations. The polymer products he invented are used in many fields of aviation and coastal areas. He is a well-deserved national scholar.

With his heart pounding, Bai Qiu turned back and knocked on the door.

It was the man who opened the door. Seeing Bai Qiu came back, he thought that the other party had regrets and wanted to get back the five yuan.

Bai Qiu said: "May I ask, do you know Rong Zixiang?"

The man was slightly startled and said, "Oh, it's me!"

Bai Qiu was immediately excited: "If I have any algebra questions that I don't understand, can I ask you for advice?"

Rong Zixiang nodded.

Bai Qiu smiled and said, "That's great." Not only did he find the book, he also found a teacher for himself.

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